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Roma set new attendance record for Italian women's football with slim loss to Barcelona in UWCL

Roma set a new record for highest attendance at an Italian women's club match with 39,454 fans. (Getty Images: Emmanuele Ciancaglini)

Italian football giants Roma made history in more ways than one on Wednesday morning, setting a new attendance record for Italian women's football in their first ever UEFA Women's Champions League quarter-final against former winners Barcelona.

Some 39,454 fans flocked to the Stadio Olimpico in Rome to watch the Serie A Women leaders take on the Spanish champions, with Barcelona securing a slim 1-0 win in the first leg of the tie.

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